Attachment for beds



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARIE O. WIERENGA, OF ZEELAND, MICHIGAN. 7

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,249, dated February21, 1893:. Application filed October 24, 1892. Serial No. 449,859. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARIE C. l/VIERENGA, of Zeeland, in the county ofOttawa and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Attachmentfor Beds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to'a novel adjustable attachment for a bedstead,that will afford a safe-guard to prevent children from falling out of anordinary bed that is provided with the improvement; the device beingadapted for a speedy change of position to adjust it for service orremove it from a vertical position at the side of the bed.

The invention consists in the construction of parts, and theircombination together and with a bedstead, as is hereinafter describedand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a bedstead having the improvement attached toit and adjusted to remove it from the side of the bed; Fig. 2 is a Viewin cross section of a bedstead and the improvemert, showing the latteradjusted for use by full lines, and removed from the bed-side by dottedlines; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view broken, of a bedsiderail, a bed bottom slat, and part of the improvement on the latter,taken on the line 33 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a detached perspective Viewof a detail of construction that is part of the improvement; and Fig. 5is a detached, broken, partly sectional View of part of the head boardof a bedstead, and a portion of the novel attachment connected with it.

The bedstead A, may be of any preferred make that is not adapted tofold, or of a kind known as open beds, having a headboard a, footboard1), side rails c, and transverse bottom slats d, the latter named partsresting with their ends upon ledges e, on the inner surfaces of the siderails, in the usual way.

The novel attachment consists in part of a light strong rectangularframe B preferably slatted as shown, but may be constructed of a singleboard if desired. Said frame is of such a proportionate length as willallow it to vibrate freely between the head and footboards of thebedstead when in position on the latter.

Two, or if needed a greater number, of similar hangers are provided forthe adjustable connection of the frame B, with the bedstead. To thisend, the hangers, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 4, are eachbent L shaped, producing two main limbs g, g, at right angles to eachother. The limbs g are flattened, and near their free ends aretransversely perforated to receive cross pins such as The bed bottomslatsd, that are to be engaged by the hangers, are each longitudinallyslotted from near one end toward the opposite end, and a shallow recessis produced along each edge of a slot on the top side of the slat, asindicated in Fig. 3, and preferably an encircling band h, is securedaround the end of each slat where the slot in it terminates, so as toprevent the slats from splitting, a similar band h, being placed at theother terminal of each slot that may be near the longitudinal center ofthe slat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The other limbs g, of the hangersare thickened as indicated in Fig. 4, and a pad 9 is formed on each ofsaid limbs; these pads being secured at the side of the frame B, alongthe edge that will be lowermost when the frame is in an upright positionat the outside of a bed-side rail 0, as represented in Fig. 2. Bypreference a rib 9 is formed on the portion of the limb g, that projectsoutwardly from the pad 9 on each hanger; said ribs being designed toenter a notch in the lower edge of the frame,and coact with the pads toretain the hangers in firm connection with the frame B.

On the head-board a, and foot-board b, of the bedstead A, similarfolding braces are loosely secured for the support of the frame B, atits ends when it is in use as a guard wall along the side of the bed.These braces each consist of two link plates z, i, that are lappedtogether by an end portion of each, and pivoted where lapped asrepresented in Figs. 2 and 5. One end of the jointed links of one braceis pivoted upon the head-board a, and a link end of the similar brace isoppositely pivoted upon the foot-board I), both on the inner surfaces ofsaid boards. The

other end portions of the folding braces, that gitudinal slots thereinso that a secure locking engagement of the outer ends of the braces maybe effected, by their hooked connection with a stud 2' on each end ofthe frame B,

near the edge that will be uppermost when a frame secured to thehangers, whereby prothe braces are latched thereto.

Vhen the frame B, is to be adjusted for use as a guard for the side ofthe bedstead near which a child is to be placed in the bed, the frame isdrawn outwardly from below the bed slats, where it is sustained as willbe further mentioned, the hangers sliding toward the side rail of thebedstead. The frame that is thus projected outwardly beyond the bed siderail is now rocked upwardly, the peculiar shape of the hangers on itsthen lower edge, permitting such an adjustment, as the limbs g of saidhangers will then lie directly below the bed rail.

It will be seen, that the frame B, when not in service as a guard at theside of the bedstead whereon it is placed, may be swungbelow the bedslats, and be completely concealed from View, the hangers that dependfrom the cross pins g being slid toward the center of the bed slats theyengage, when the frame is to be transferred from an upright to ahorizontal position, the relative adjustment of parts in both positionsbeing indicated by full and dotted lines respectively in Fig. 2.Preferably .a turn button F, is utilized as a means for supporting theframe B in a nearly horizontal position, said piece being pivoted uponthe lower edge of the bed side rail 0, as shown by dotted lines in Fig.1, so that a part revolution of 'thesame on its pivot will locate itbelow the edge of the frame to sustain it.

By the use of the improved attachment hereinbefore described, anordinary bedstead may 'do service as a-crib for small children, which isa matter of great convenience in many cases; the erection of the frameB, SGTW ing as a guard to prevent the infant from falling out of the bedat the side it is placed, while the otherside may be occupied by themother or nurse.

rents oil-an infant or small-child; by the provision of thisimprovement, the expense and inconvenience of acrib areobviated andequal safety afforded. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination with abedstead, of angular hangershaving a'pivoted and sliding connection with the slats of the bedstead,and

vision is made for swinging the frame under the bedstead when not .invuse, substantially as specified.

2. "The combination with a bedstead, of angular hangers, one memberof-which has a pivoted and sliding connection with the slats of thebedstead, a frame secured to the other members of the hangers, and meansfor securing the frame in an upright position at the-side of thebedstead or in a nearly horizontal position under the bedstead,substantially as described.

3. The combination witha bedstead having slotted slats, of hangershaving a slidingand rocking engagement with the slotted slats, a framesecured to the hangers, and braces secured to the head and foot boardand adapted to engage the frame to hold it in an upright. position,substantially as described.

4. In a side guard for open bedsteads, the combination with the bedsteadframe, and slotted bottom slats thereon, of an elongated frame, hangersattached at one side edge of the frame and in sliding androc'kinge-ngage ment with the slotted slats, folding braces pivoted onthe head-board and foot-board of the bedstead, and adapted to detachablyinterlock withstuds on the ends of the movable frame, and a turn buttonon the bed rail adapted to support one edge of said movable frame,substantially as described.

5. A guard for bedsteads comprising an elongated frame, L-shaped hangerssecured to the frame and provided witha cross pin in one member fortheir connection with slot-ted slats of a bedstead, and hingedbraces-adapted to be secured to the head and foot board of a bedsteadand to engage the frame to hold it in an upright position, substantiallyas de- ARIE C. VVIERENGA.

. :scribed. Many small bed rooms will not admit the Witnesses:

J. DEN HERDER, ALBERTUS G. VAN HEES.

